Continuing on November 10, the festival takes a sharp turn from comedy, presenting the award-winning and suspense-filled docu-drama, Sabena Hijacking – My Version. Based on previously undiscovered audio recordings of the former pilot, Captain Reginald Levy, who was in command of Sabena Flight 571 from Brussels, Belgium to Tel Aviv, Israel on May 8, 1972, when the flight was hijacked by four members of the “Black September” armed wing of the Palestine Liberalization Organization.
The film shares the untold story of what exactly took place on the flight throughout 30 hours of captivity. It channels the Captain Levy's view of the events, expanding on them through interviews with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and former Prime Minister, President, and Nobel Prize winner Shimon Peres. Theresa Halsa, one of the four hijackers was was just 18 years old at the time of the hijacking, also gives her version of events, following her release from a 220 year prison sentence of which she served 13 years. sentence of which she served 13 years.