Celebration

Everybody has heard of Disneyland. But not many people know that Disney also designed and built a housing development not far from its major amusement park outside of Orlando, Florida. Contrary to expectations, there are no dwarf cottages, white castles or lion king dens. With its rambling single family homes, golf course and “covenants” (rules intended to preserve the pristine look of the development), Celebration does, however, have something of the feel of a micro Utopia by way of the American Dream. Fascinated by this aura of make-believe perfection, Dutch filmmakers Quirine Racké and Helena Muskens decided to make a film about Celebration and the people who live there.