Usually the "trades" like Variety and Reporter have an article or two in their special editions published during the large markets like AFM, Cannes, Mifed, etc. Lately the articles have discussed the demise of european pre-sales to finance domestic pictures. Only packages with high marquee value seem to have a chance. So many of the larger european companies were burned and took a lot of the traditional banks with them. (ie: Credit Lyonaise is now called, "Credit Mayonaise"...since the bank has been spread so thin.) Of course, a deal with a major removes most all of those pesky financial problems. It is well known that Dino DeLaurentis pioneered the foreign presale, but he was also responsible for having a large part in its disappearance. J. Thomas