Files missing in iMovie projects

Hi,
got a big Problem:
I tried to export a movie and right before the export been finished iMovie crashed and left all my projects unuseable.
Almost all Clips in most of my projects are marked with this annoying triangle meaning the file's missing now.
Strange thing is, all of them r still in my camera roll - accessible and viewable.
Any suggestions?

See if this helps. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6071629?tstart=0

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