Imovie launches project, but timeline is missing

Hello there,
i have a strange problem: I was working on an imovie project (about 20 min), everything was working fine, until i tried to relaunch it the other day. iMovie opens the project, but there is no timeline - nothing. Before this occurred, i saved it, i exported it to iDVD, and maybe - i deleted the trash within iMovie. Can anyone help me? The project container has still about 300 MB.
Best regards

Hi Apfeltalk - welcome to the Discussion!
When you say there is no Timeline, do you mean that the Timeline is empty, or that the Timeline part of the imovie window is missing?
Assuming the former - ..The project container has still about 300 MB...
If the 'container' (meaning the package?) is only 300 mb, then your clips have mysteriously disappeared. A 20 minute iMovie should be over 4 GB.
To check, Control-Click the package icon, then click Show Package Contents. Look inside the Media folder. What is there?
Try opening any of the iMovie project files or the file in the iDVD folder. Any luck?

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