Cant find my imovie projects

I created many imovie projects. and my computer was getting to full. So i realized they were saved in folder called imovie events. So i deleted imovie completely and kept the folder beacuse i bought a new computer. so now i open the imovie events folder on my new computer and i cant find any of the files.
Do you know where they went?

Hi, Bai416.
I would recommend moving the iMovie project back into the project folder ~/Movies/iMovie Projects. Once this is done it should be able to open as well as burn to DVD.
iMovie '11: Copy or move a project to an external hard disk
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2289
iMovie '11: Send your movie to iDVD
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2283
Regards,
Jason H.

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