Oscar-winning doc 'No Other Land' has found MENA distribution via Front Row, whose chief says: 'We have a duty to make sure it reaches audiences.'

The film's win at the Oscars this year marks the first time a documentary has won an Academy Award without a distribution company attached.

Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired Middle East and North African rights for Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, by Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham. The MENA deal was struck by Elie Touma at Front Row and Stephanie Fuchs at Austrian-based sales company Autlook Filmsales,

Conan O’Brien and his Oscars head writer Mike Sweeney revealed on the former’s podcast that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences refused to let them put clothes on an Oscar or have it presented horizontally.

Looks like Conan O'Brien didn't sign an NDA. The freshly minted Oscars host has revealed several secrets about the Academy's quirky rules for its 97-year-old, 13-inch, eight-pound golden mascot. "No clothing on Oscar.