Opening old iMovie projects in iDVD

I'm relatively new to all this. I've made several iMovies and have burned them all through iDVD. But, when I look to re-open them on iDVD only a couple show up on my RECENT PROJECT list. The others do not. Is there a way to reopen those on iDVD? I've tried going through OPEN and IMPORT, but I can't seem to get it right. Thanks...

Sorry, I interpreted "old projects" as having come from an older version of iMovie.
I've tried going through OPEN and IMPORT, but I can't seem to get it right.
Have you tried and failed with "Open Project" in iMovie as "Open Recent" only holds the most recent and holds none after a delete of preferences.
Have you tried locating them in Finder and going within the Project folder, either to double click on the project file or using "Open with"

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