IFC Goes Into A ‘Cave Of Forgotten Dreams’ With Werner Herzog

…and the acquisitions train keeps rolling at TIFF with IFC handling the latest high-profile buy, picking up Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary “Cave Of Forgotten Dreams.”

The documentary will give viewers “a detailed look into the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave in southern France, which holds the earliest known visions of mankind.” Access to the site is extremely limited, but Herzog was granted permission by agreeing to use special lights that emit no heat.

Obviously, we haven’t been huge fans of 3D, but when someone like Werner Herzog decides to use the format, we sit up and take notice. It’s the first documentary in the format that we can think of and certainly the first 3D project that doesn’t involve CGI monsters (as far as we know). We will be seeing the film at TIFF as the festival closes out this week and will have a review soon. [IndieWire]