The 17th Mountain Film Festival kicks off in Ljubljana tonight.

Some of the most beautiful mountaineering films from around the globe will be screened in Ljubljana, Radovljica, Domžale and Celje until Saturday.

The festival will bringing epic stories from the Himalayas, such as the story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit Mt Everest.

The opening film, screened at Cankarjev Dom tonight, entitled One for the River: The Story of Sava joins four kayakers as they paddle down the Sava River sampling water, surveying birds, and getting to know the river's wild past, dark history, and uncertain future, the STA reports.