To mark the 70th anniversary of The Little Prince, Alliance Fraincais de Bangkok will be running a series of activities next week (from Mar 6), including a conference, a photo exhibition and a film screening.

Starting with the Discovering The Little Prince conference on Mar 6; Olivier d’Agay, great-nephew of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, will give a talk on the life and works of the pilot-cum-author. Conference in French. Tickets on sale at venue (B250).

The same day will see an aircraft photo exhbition held in tribute to the author by Manolo Chrétien, Saint-Exupéry, his Little Prince and French Wings, which will be on display until the end of March.

Then it's time for the fans get to the in-house cinema on Mar 22 for two motion pictures (in French with no subtitles): Le Petit Prince (1974), a vintage musical animation adaptation of the book at 10am and Saint-Exupéry: la dernière mission (1944), Robert Enrico's biopic drama of the author presented through a series of flashbacks, at 6:30pm.

The activities are supported by The Saint-Exupery Foundation, Sofitel and Airfrance. For more information visit www.afthailande.org.

Alliance Francaise de Bangkok, 179 Witthayu (Wireless) Rd., 02-670-4200. www.afthailande.org. MRT Lumphini.