| One Day in October | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Oded Davidoff Daniel Finkelman |
| Written by | Oded Davidoff Liron Ben-Shlosh Adam G. Simon Keren Weissman Amir Hasfari[1] |
| Directed by | Oded Davidoff Daniel Finkelman |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Tomer Biran |
| Country of origin | Israel United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Aviv Ben-Shlosh Lee Kuperman Ben-Shlosh Daniel Finkelman Chaya Amor |
| Cinematography | Lael Utnik |
| Running time | 60 minutes[1] |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Network | yes HBO Max |
| Release | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) |
One Day in October (Israeli title:Red Dawn,Hebrew:שחר אדום,romanized: Shahar Adom) is ananthologydramaminiseries based on the personal stories from theOctober 7 attacks in 2023.[2][3] It was created and directed byOded Davidoff and Daniel Finkelman. Co-produced byYes andFox Entertainment, the first four episodes premiered onYes Drama in Israel on October 7, 2025,[4][5] with the remaining three episodes following later that month.[6] All seven episodes became available in the United States throughHBO Max on October 7, 2025.[7] It received critical acclaim in Israel and internationally.[8]
At a gala event on 5 June 2024,Yes announced the project and casting.[9]
On 19 August 2024, it was reported thatyes andFox Entertainment were co-producing a new anthology drama series based on the events of theOctober 7 attacks.[3]
On the same day, Fernando Szew, head of Fox Entertainment, released a statement: "’One Day in October’ is among the most powerful projects I’ve seen, let alone been involved with. Beautifully filmed, yet gut-wrenching, these are stories of people at their best in the midst of unimaginable, horrible circumstances. The survivors portrayed in this series allowed for their horrific experiences to be represented by wonderful talent — both in front of and behind the camera — which will invite the audience to ultimately feel their profound love of, and for, life."[1]
US-based co-creator Daniel Finkelman was motivated to make the series, having been deeply affected by the October 7 attacks.[4]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Trust" | Oded Davidoff | Oded Davidoff, Liron Ben-Shlosh, Adam G. Simon, Keren Weissman and Amir Hasfari | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) | |
| 2 | "Fog" | Oded Davidoff | Oded Davidoff, Liron Ben-Shlosh, Adam G. Simon, Keren Weissman and Amir Hasfari | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) | |
ThreeUnited Hatzalah volunteers Avi Gian (Yuval Semo), Emanuel Skaat (Avi Azoulay) and Avi "DJ" Yodpolsky (Neve Tzur) set out in an ambulance on a dangerous journey to save lives on the morning of October 7 amid massacres and devastation.[11] | |||||
| 3 | "Sunrise" | Oded Davidoff | Oded Davidoff, Liron Ben-Shlosh, Adam G. Simon, Keren Weissman and Amir Hasfari | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) | |
Gali Amar (Noa Kedar) and Amit Amar (Swell Ariel Or) are two young women who came to attend theNova festival, and during the attack hid in a portable toilet cubicle. It moves from the point of view of Amit, who manages to think practically amid the terror, to Gali, who is stoned from drugs consumed at the party.[12] | |||||
| 4 | "Gold" | Oded Davidoff | Oded Davidoff, Liron Ben-Shlosh, Adam G. Simon, Keren Weissman and Amir Hasfari | October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) | |
Sabine Taasa (Yael Abecassis), a widow who lost her husband and son on October 7, attempts to rebuild her life.[13] | |||||
| 5 | "Home" | Oded Davidoff | Oded Davidoff, Liron Ben-Shlosh, Adam G. Simon, Keren Weissman and Amir Hasfari | October 7, 2025 (2025-10-07) | |
| 6 | "Gatekeeper" | Oded Davidoff | Oded Davidoff, Liron Ben-Shlosh, Adam G. Simon, Keren Weissman and Amir Hasfari | October 7, 2025 (2025-10-07) | |
| 7 | "505" | Oded Davidoff | Oded Davidoff, Liron Ben-Shlosh, Adam G. Simon, Keren Weissman and Amir Hasfari | October 7, 2025 (2025-10-07) | |
The series was shot on location inIsrael.
Some cast members met the real-life survivors that they were portraying on screen. Actress, Naomi Levov met with he met with Aya Midan and other survivors to prepare for the role.[9]
Filming took place on location inIsrael in 2024.[7][3]
The series also includes some real footage taken on October 7 in Israel.[14]
The series was released inIsrael on October 7, 2024 onyes drama. It also received a special screening on the same day at Tel Aviv Cinematheque.[15]
On 26 September 2024, one episode received a preview screening at theAcademy Museum of Motion Pictures inLos Angeles at the closing night of the second annual Scripted Israel event.[16]
On 15 September 2025, it was announced thatHBO Max had acquired exclusive North American streaming rights toOne Day in October, releasing all four episodes on 7 October 2025, the two-year anniversary of the attacks.[17]
Review aggregation websiteMetacritic gave the series a score of 73 out of 100, based on reviews from 5 critics.[8]
The series was positively reviewed by Hannah Brown ofThe Jerusalem Post. Brown wrote: " You will relate to the people on screen as characters, not as interviewees or figures in a news report, and this makes them even more engrossing."[4] The series also received positive feedback from Nirit Anderman inHaaretz, praising the "Sunrise" episode: "But above all it's the screenplay by Liron Ben-Shlush (whose cousin, directorYahav Winner, was murdered on October 7 at Kibbutz Kfar Aza) that gives this episode a combination of elements that under these circumstances seems accurate and ridiculous to the same extent – love, terror, clinging to life and humor. For Amit and Gali, this combination helped them stay alive. And for the viewer, it's both shocking and moving to be reminded of life's proper order of priorities.[5]
James Poniewozik reviewed the series forThe New York Times, describing it as "more stylistically adventurous" and "more attentive to the inner lives of its protagonists." thanRed Alert. Poniewozik felt that the series "cannot avoid existing in a political environment." while acknowledging that "Artists, of course, are not governed by an equal-time rule. They are not obligated to tell every story, even when basing their work on real events." He continued to add that the series does "seek above all to ensure that the dead are not forgotten, with an air of duty and occasionally a mournful beauty." He concluded that the series is one of the "first-draft attempts to fix a single, terrible day in the cultural record, even as history keeps rolling forward."[18]
On 1 October, 2025, theBBC grouped the series withRed Alert in its list of "11 of the best TV shows to watch this October."[19]