IMovie doesn't see photos in my iPhoto events

I opened iMovie to work on a new project.
1. Can't see how to create a new iMovie event.
2. iMovie sees my iPhoto events but shows only a few photos in an event that has 200. What's up with that?

Don't know about #2, but to create a new event in an opened Library go to file menu and select new event. Also option N works.

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