About the film

Double Feature with Tattooed for Life | Q&A with Asaf Becker, director‭

This double feature brings together Tattooed for Life and The Children of October 7 — two short documentaries confronting the horror of October 7 through different but deeply resonant lenses. The Children of October 7 follows seven young Israeli survivors aged 11-17, who bravely testify to the trauma, loss, kidnapping and lasting emotional wounds of that day. Tattooed for Life transforms pain into memorial, using fractal art and tattoos as acts of remembrance for those lost and as a way for survivors to carry visible marks of what happened. Together, these films force us to confront what was destroyed — but also to see how memory, resilience, and compassion carry forward

when violence tries to erase them.

One year after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror attacks, The Children of October 7—a gripping 40‑minute documentary—presents seven Israeli children (aged 11–17) describing the horrors they experienced and their ongoing emotional scars. Through moving interviews led by Montana Tucker (a pro‑Israel activist & granddaughter of Holocaust survivors), the film centers testimony from Yael Idan, who witnessed her sister’s murder and her father’s capture; Eitan Yahalomi, who survived 52 days in Hamas captivity; Rotem Mathias, sheltered beneath his dead mother’s body; plus others including Amit Cohen, Alona and Ya’ala Rousso, and Ella Shan Grounded in archival footage, the documentary opens with images of baby Kfir Bibas—kidnapped and later killed by Hamas—then juxtaposes raw visuals with personal photos and interviews to confront viewers with the violence unleashed on innocent children.

Interviews were conducted under psychological supervision, with full parental or guardian consent. Tucker’s intent is not political: it is to combat denial and amplify survivors’ voices while anchoring these testimonies in historical memory, especially amid rising doubt and disinformation online.

Initially screened at Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance in December 2024 (attended by President Isaac Herzog), the film premiered on Paramount+ on April 23, 2025, followed by a broadcast on MTV.

Despite its brevity, this documentary delivers a powerful message: these young survivors demand that we see, remember, and honor their lived truth.