Editing video from iPhoto in iMovie

Hello All.
Any help with this would be appreciated.
Before starting to make my first movies I would like to edit down all my videos.
All have been taken on digital cameras and therefore have been sitting fat dumb and happy in iPhoto until now.
Since learning that I can't chop bits out permanently in iPhoto (the trim function only hides from view unwanted sections) I am seeing if iMovie is up to the task. However I am encountering problems editing the footage.
The main issue is:
- After using the reject tool, the file menus "move to trash" and "move rejected clips to trash" are not available. Why oh why?
Other issues boil down to:
- Within the iMovie event library my iPhoto videos show up as one event. Is there any way to organise all the clips in the same way as I have them in iPhoto?
and related to the above I expect:
- I like the idea of selecting favourite sections from a clip and letting the rest be deleted, however the "space saver" option will only function on my iPhoto library as a whole. Why can't I use space saver on particular clips that I select?
Many thanks

Thanks Tom for info.
Is it fair to say then, that any videos I have i iPhoto can't been cut and edited from iMovie?
(seems like a big oversight by apple!!).
I will try and get round the problem by using a flash drive to reimport them onto the Mac but this time directly to iMovie......seems like a faff but let's have a go.
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