Importing HD project into iMovie 11

I have a few iMovie hd (6) projects that i need to import into iMovie 11, but the import option isn't really working. I noticed that the project in my old Imac appears with a little star icon, but on the new one (with Imovie 11) it appears as a normal folder.....Anyone know if I am doing something wrong? Any suggestions?

Have you tried changing the view? I did that, and suddenly my iMovie HD project appeared in iMovie '11, sort of. The clips were there, but the audio and transitions were gone. More to the point, the transitions look like they are there (the icons show), but the movie won't play with the transitions.

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