"Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I suffered greatly in a dream because of him." Claudia Procula 33AD, Mathew 27:1, KJV Pilate, the Screenplay Arthur Rosenfield Award for Excellence in Dramatic Writing. AOF Film Festival Best Dramatic Scene AOF Film Festival Pilate and Claudia follows the 33AD love affair of a rising military man and his well born wife. Played out during a Passion Week that amplifies the differences in their life stations and their problematic pairing, they arrive at Pilate's Rubicon - the trial of Jesus of Nazareth. Claudia is unmoved by the crowd's bloodlust and demands Pilate 'have nothing to do with that righteous man.' Pilate is swayed by the threat of violence, and like Aeneas before him chooses duty over love. His verdict changes the course of his life and his marriage and then echoes in eternity's halls, defining him forever. Pieced together from Roman and Jewish histories and the New Testament record, Pilate and Claudia illuminates the defining moment in Pontius Pilate's life - the
