Urgent: How do I get my imovie project back into imovie?

My movie disappeared from my imovie projects but it's still on my laptop. The problem is it won't open up in imovie or go into my movies folders. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Move your Project file back to the Movies/iMovie Projects folder. Then restart iMovie.
If you want to share your project for a DVD or iTunes, AppleTV, iPhone, web, facebook, youtube, etc, you need to use the SHARE menu.

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