Importing Contour movies to iMovie

Hi, I have tried to import Contour *.MOV files into iMovie.  When I select the files for import all but two are greyed out.  The two that are not greyed out have imported to iMovie OK.  The only difference I can see is that the two that can be imported have a 'P' name [e.g. P1010133.MOV] whereas all those greyed out have an 'F' name [e.g. FILE0001.MOV].  I also imported them all the files to iPhoto and they play OK using that but when iMovie 'syncs' with iMovie it doesn't load those files that are greyed out.

I meant 'when iMovie syncs with iPhoto

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