Throughout the country, film buffs are familiar with the anticipation of waiting for the latest blockbuster release, the smell of butter melting on hot popcorn at the snack counter, and the shorter but no less agonising wait to pass through the ticket booth and enter the movie hall where the dim light of their mobile phone guides them at long last to their seats.
In Kelantan, though, there are no queues. There are no snack counters, and there are no ticket booths. In fact, there are no cinemas at all. This has been the case for three decades, ever since the state government implemented a series of strict policies to curb what it viewed as excessive entertainment elements.
Source: Community cinemas, an alternative for movie-shy Kelantan | MalaysiaNow