diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands/file.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands/file.rs
index 74ec861e..71f23b98 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands/file.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands/file.rs
@@ -445,6 +445,11 @@ fn add_footage(s: &mut Session, pending: PendingImport, probed: Vec<std::result:
     let mut asked: Vec<u64> = vec![];
     let made: Vec<ItemId> = comps.iter().map(|c| ItemId(*c)).collect();
     if !found.is_empty() {
+        // The file may have been overwritten since an earlier import or project decoded it (the
+        // media layer keys frames by path): a fresh import reads it again (#1070).
+        for f in &found {
+            s.forget_decoded(&f.footage);
+        }
         s.edit("Import", None, |proj, st| {
             let mut selection = made;
             for f in found {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index a6243e44..845082fe 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -1016,6 +1016,15 @@ impl Session {
         Ok((img.width, img.height, img.to_rgba8()))
     }
 
+    /// Make the media layer and the layer cache let go of what they decoded from `footage`'s
+    /// files (it keys frames by path, so an overwritten file would keep showing its old pixels).
+    pub(crate) fn forget_decoded(&self, footage: &effectcraft_project::Footage) {
+        for p in std::iter::once(&footage.path).chain(&footage.sequence) {
+            self.footage.forget(p);
+        }
+        self.layer_cache.clear();
+    }
+
     /// Replace the whole project (open/new), resetting history and state.
     pub fn replace_project(&mut self, mut p: Project, path: Option<String>) {
         if self.stop_render()
@@ -1042,6 +1051,14 @@ impl Session {
         self.script_ui.project_epoch = self.script_ui.project_epoch.wrapping_add(1);
         p.fix_next_id();
         upgrade_effects(&mut p);
+        // The media layer keys decoded frames by path: files of the new project may have changed
+        // since an earlier project decoded them (#1070).
+        for it in p.items.values() {
+            if let effectcraft_project::ItemKind::Footage(f) = &it.kind {
+                self.forget_decoded(f);
+            }
+        }
+        self.layer_cache.clear();
         self.project = Arc::new(p);
         self.history = History::default();
         self.state = EditorState { snapping: true, view_layout: 1, ..Default::default() };
diff --git a/crates/host/tests/footage_reload.rs b/crates/host/tests/footage_reload.rs
index 384f86a0..6834fc54 100644
--- a/crates/host/tests/footage_reload.rs
+++ b/crates/host/tests/footage_reload.rs
@@ -194,3 +194,22 @@ fn image_sequences_reload_by_themselves_only_with_all_footage() {
     png(&b, 128);
     assert_eq!(s.execute_checked("footage.reloadChanged", json!({})).unwrap()["files"], json!(1));
 }
+
+/// #1070: a file decoded in one project and overwritten with one of the same size is read again
+/// when a new project imports it (neither File ▸ Reload Footage nor the change watcher knows it).
+#[test]
+fn a_new_project_importing_an_overwritten_file_shows_the_new_pixels() {
+    let path = tmp("overwritten.psd");
+    std::fs::write(&path, flat(RED, false)).unwrap();
+    let (mut s, _item, cid) = flat_in_comp(&path);
+    assert!(near(pixel(&s, cid, 32, 24), RED));
+    // Another app overwrites the file with the same number of bytes.
+    save(&path, &flat(BLUE, false));
+    s.execute_checked("file.newProject", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let r = s.execute_checked("file.import", json!({"paths": [path.clone()]})).unwrap();
+    let item = r["items"][0].as_u64().unwrap();
+    s.execute_checked("comp.new", json!({"name": "C", "width": 64, "height": 48, "frameRate": 30, "duration": 1})).unwrap();
+    s.execute_checked("layer.addItem", json!({"item": item})).unwrap();
+    let cid = s.active_comp_id().unwrap();
+    assert!(near(pixel(&s, cid, 32, 24), BLUE), "stale pixels from the earlier project: {:?}", pixel(&s, cid, 32, 24));
+}