Galya Stepanova is a freelance film programmer and documentary film consultant. She is currently working with DAFilms on international programming and acquisitions, and has previously collaborated with institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and the Institut Français in the UK, as well as the Institute of Documentary Film and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. In the past, Galya has held the roles of Programme and acquisitions manager for creative documentaries at Current Time TV (2022-2023), and of executive producer at HYPERMARKET Film (2017-2021) on projects including, Vitaly Mansky’s Putin’s Witnesses and Gorbachev. Heaven, and Dmitry Bogolyubov’s Town of Glory. Galya holds an MA in Film Programming and Curation from the National Film and Television School in the UK.