Arrow Films picks up 'Men & Chicken', 'The Idealist' for UK

Arrow Films has acquired off-beat comedy Men & Chicken and conspiracy thriller The Idealist for release in the UK. Arrow stuck the deal for the two Danish features with international sales and distributor LevelK. Both films will receive UK releases in 2016.

Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men & Chicken stars Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal, The Hunt) and David Dencik as two outcast brothers who discover a dark truth about themselves and their relatives following the death of their father. The film played at Toronto and London Film Festival among others.

The Idealist, directed by Christina Rosendahl, revolves around a whistleblower who attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

Both have been nominated for the Danish Film Academy’s Robert Awards, set to be held Feb 7.

Arrow previously scored success with Danish features The Hunt, A Hijacking and Susanne Bier’s Love Is All You Need, which became the numer one box office hit in the UK for a Danish film

The two new titles will also be promoted to Arrow’s Nordic Noir & Beyond fanbase, which has seen growth in the past year following the release of TV shows such as The Legacy and The Bridge III.

Arrow Films is also set to release Danish drama series Follow the Money, from the makers of The Killing and Borgen.