'' Biola Tak Berdawai '' premiered on 22 March 2003 , with wider release on 4 April . It garnered the Best New Director award at the Cairo International Film Festival for Asmara . It later became Indonesia 's submission to the 76th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . However , it was not accepted as a nominee . The film was later novelised by Seno Gumira Ajidarma
76th Academy Awards
76th Academy Awards
Biola Tak Berdawai