Lion iphoto screensaver issue

I'am used to use use iPhoto screensaver on my iMac.
I'am using the "last 12 months" option in order to have a slideshow of the last year pictures.
Under Snow Leopard it was working perfectly. Since I have installed Lion, the "last 12 months" option selects a small fixed set of picture in a past timeframe which is much older than one year.
I have also noticed the same issue on my wife's iMac.
Does anyone have noticed such a behaviour ?

Terence Devlin wrote:
That's because the photos are in the Screensaver cache.
Regards
TD
OK, sound right - thx Terence for your answer; but how does one flush the screensaver cache?
And another question:
In iPhoto Slideshow faces are automaticly placed (more or less) in the center of the screen (quote from http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/#new-slideshows: "Each shot is centered and framed perfectly, thanks to face detection.")
Why isn't this feature part of the screensaver showing iPhotos? I sure would like it to be!

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