Norske filmklassikere: Crowd funded releases of Norwegian films on Blu-ray

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With Christer Falck as a main driving force there will launch a new crowdfunding project for releasing Norwegian films on Blu-ray. The main focus will be on films that have not been in on DVD previously, but also OOP or very bad DVD releases may be part of the project.
The Facebook page of the project is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/norskefilmklassikere

The project is in cooperation with Platekompaniet, the major retailer of physical media in Norway. Platekompaniet has previously collaborated with the National Library on a smaller series of re-releases.

Christer Falck runs three similar crowdfunding projects:
Norske albumklassikere på CD - music albums previously unreleased on CD
Norske albumklassikere på LP - music albums previously unreleased on LP
Norske albumklassikere på bok - books about classic music albums

There have been over 500 CDs, 120 LPs and 70 books released so far.

The films will be released on Blu-ray, with English and Norwegian subtitles. Bonus materials will not be a major part of the project, probably only repeats of what has previously been released if any.

As of now they are asking for what people want, and suggestions for packaging and such.

For the crowdfunding part I think it is likely that it will be difficult for non-Norwegian residents to take part, it has been that way with CDs and LPs. Loads of the sales have gone overseas, though.