In 1965, Elio is eighteen years old and he attends the San Carlo College in Turin. He has been pushed away from home by his father because of his undisciplined behavior. During that year, he receives some letters from his parents, his friend Nino, and his lover, Raffaella. These letters sketch out the story of a restless and rebellious young boy living through teenage crisis and the first responsibilities of adulthood. Dear Monster is a collage of overlapping words, images, sounds that recall a long gone past, brought back to light through a grim finding.

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Sheffield Doc Fest (UK), Asolo Art Film Festival (ITA), Faito Doc Festival (ITA - Jury Special Mention), CInema del Reale (ITA - Best Short Doc Award), Garofano Rosso Film Festival (ITA), Ceprano Film Festival (ITA), Family Film Project (POR), Perugia Social Film Festival (ITA), The Unprecedented Cinema (EST), Flight Genova International Film Festival (ITA)

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STEFANO P. TESTA

Stefano P. Testa was born in 1988. He lives and works in Bergamo (Italy) as a camera operator, video editor, colorist and post- production technician. Since 2010 he has been collaborating with Lab 80 film in documentary films production and with Bergamo Film Meeting, in charge of the festival audiovisual communication. In 2017 he worked as the editor of ?Colombi? and ?Pierino?. The former was presented at the 73rd edition of Mostra del Cinema in Venice; the latter at Dok Leipzig. He is the director of ?Moloch?, winner of the Best Documentary Award at 23rd Visioni Italiane in Bologna. In 2019 he is a member of the jury of the international short competition at the Lucca Film Festival. In 2020 his second feature, ?The Second Principle of Hans Liebschner?, won the Prospettive Award at the Filmmaker Film Festival in Milan, the Popular Jury Award at the Linea D?Ombra Film Festival in Salerno, the Audience Award and Best Editing Award at Documentaria in Palermo.