Sepideh Rahaa’s film In Transition has been selected to be shown as part of the 3rd edition of XAOS Festival, taking place from September 25 to October 5, 2026, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The festival is organized by MCASA, Mongolian Contemporary Art Support Association.

In Transition (2017) is a poetic and metaphorical approach to the concepts of migration, womanhood and resistance intertwined with identity and dreams through the act of knitting together an indirect dialogue between two women who have never met. They attempt to self-position and to explore their roots and to find the higher meaning of life. In Transition is produced in centennial year of Finnish independency to critically address the position of the women with Middle Eastern roots in Finland.

Sepideh Rahaa (b. 1981, IR) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in Helsinki. Through her practice, among other interests, she questions social norms and conventions while focusing on body, womanhood and everyday resistances, silenced histories, and migration. Currently she is pursuing her doctoral studies in Contemporary Art at Aalto University with a critical and analytical view on representation and image production. Her works has been shown in Europe, East and Southwest Asia.

XAOS Festival
September 25–October 5, 2026
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

More information: MCASA