I renamed an iMovie '13 project in Finder, and now my work is erased?

I'm really new to the latest version of iMovie (I had previously been using iMovie HD, which I guess is from 2006?), and I'm trying to figure things out. I had worked for hours on a project today, but then realized I had named it incorrectly, so I tried to change the name after clicking on 'reveal in Finder.' After I changed its name, I reopened iMovie and it comes up with all the clips I had, but all the work I put into it on the "timeline" is gone! Did I screw up? Can I fix this?

In the middle of my project, I just went up to File -> Reveal in Finder. It brought up the Finder with what looks like a 'hidden' location of the file. Here are a couple of pictures that might help show what I did:

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I renamed an iMovie '13 project in Finder, and now my work is erased?

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