Jodie Foster got an award for "Little Man Tate," her directing debut.

The movie, about a gifted 7-year-old who has trouble fitting in with other kids, is featured at the Boston Film Festival.Organizers this week gave Foster the first Piper Heidsieck Award for outstanding achievement.

The 28-year-old actress, who won an Oscar for "The Accused," plays the boy's working-class mother in "Little Man Tate."

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Foster said she persuaded Orion Pictures to make her director after she was offered an acting role in the film.

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