Videos lost - importation on iPhoto

Coming back from vacation, I decided to import all the pictures and videos from my camera into iPhoto. I simply opened iPhoto after inserting my memory card and selected import all and when it was all done iPhoto asked me if I'd like to erase imported content from my memory card and I said yes. The problem is iPhoto didn't seem to import my videos (I can't find them on iPhoto) but still deleted them from my memory card ! I'm wondering if my videos are maybe hidden somewhere on iPhoto or on my computer or if there is a way of getting them back.
Thanks A LOT for your help.
Hussein.

You might be able to recover them from the card with an app like MediaRecover

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