Cannot import photos into iMovie from iPhoto

I have used iMovie for years to make a video (and then a DVD) from my photographs. The photographs are all in iPhoto events. In the past, i create a new movie, select photographs for the iMovie browser and drag some of them into the movie work area. The problem which just came up is that if I drag in 10 pictures, all of the pictures in the movie show as the same image. They have the correct mixture of portrait and landscape according to what I was dragging in. If I try to "run" the movie, I just get a blank screen. I have tried:
1. Deleting all the pictures and dragging them in again.
2. Restarting the program. (iMovie).
3. Rebooting the Mac Book.
4. Reintalling iLive 11
5. Deleting the movie and creating a new one.
I had the problem a few week ago and it went away. Other movies in the library are wokring fine. I don't have a clue of what to try next.

Hey cagafromgbr!
Here is an article that can give you an overview of the different ways to import videos in iMovie:
iMovie (2013): Importing overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14670
Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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