Sergey Pokhodaev

According to the legend, a supernatural entity known as The Queen of Spades can be summoned by drawing a door and staircase on a mirror in the darkness, and by saying her name three times. She gets her energy from reflective objects, she cuts locks of hair from those asleep and those that see her go mad or die. As a prank, four teenagers decide to call The Queen of Spades. But when one of them dies of a sudden heart attack, the group realise they have awakened an ancient evil and their lives all now hang in the balance.

In a Russian town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune. Winner of Best Film at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival.