New Pan-Arab Drama from twofour54 & Hijjawi

A new pan-Arab drama series, Something from the Past, is being shot in Abu Dhabi with assistance from twofour54.

Produced by Essam Hijjawi and directed by Hussam Hijjawi, the series is set in Abu Dhabi, Jordan and the Gulf, where a group of people experiences a life-changing moment that pushes them to follow their dreams and fortunes. The first episode is planned to hit TV screens during Ramadan and is expected to be broadcast on a main UAE TV channel and Jordan TV.

The production will be the latest to benefit from the Abu Dhabi Film Commission’s 30-percent cashback rebate on production spend while taking advantage of the range of locations in Abu Dhabi during the 25-day shoot. Over the course of the filming process, twofour54 is providing Hijjawi Production with production equipment and crew, including location manager, assistant production, casting manager and key grip. twofour54 partner companies Your Way and Light N Light are also involved in the production.

Firas Dehni, director of twofour54 Film and TV services, said: “We are delighted to welcome the cast and crew of Something from the Past to Abu Dhabi. We are also pleased that they are tapping into the incredible pool of freelance talent at twofour54 for the production.

“By bringing this series to Abu Dhabi, we are reinforcing our commitment to attract the best in local, regional and international productions to the emirate and to support the creation of quality Arabic content.”

Producer Essam Hijjawi said: “Abu Dhabi is the ideal location for us to produce Something from the Past as it offers a wide variety of locations backed up by a pool of multilingual and talented crew as well as very good production support.

“We are enjoying our time filming in Abu Dhabi, I’m sure that it will be the first of many projects we bring here.”