"The Tree of Life," a film featuring some surreal and sci-fi elements bagged this year's Palme D'oR

Heath Ledger was supposed to star in this movie but because he passed away, he was replaced by Brad Pitt.

Also starring in the film are Jessica Chastain (Jolene) and Academy Award winner Sean Penn (I Am Sam, Mystic River). Directed by Academy Award nominee Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line), The Tree of Life is set to open in theaters on May 27, 2011.

2011 Cannes Film Festival Lineup & Winners

OPENING FILM

“Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen

COMPETITION LINEUP AND WINNERS

Palme D’oR:
The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick

Grand Prix:
The Kid with the Bike, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Best Director:
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive

Best Actor:
Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Best Actress:
Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia

Screenwriting:
Joseph Cedar, Footnote

Jury Prize:
“Polisse,” Maiwenn Le Besco

In Competition:

“Hanezu no Tsuki,” Naomi Kawase
“Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai,” Takashi Miike
“L’apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close),” Bertrand Bonello
“Le Havre,” Aki Kaurismaki
“Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan
“Michael,” Markus Schleinzer
“Pater,” Alain Cavalier
“The Skin That I Inhabit,” Pedro Almodovar
“Sleeping Beauty,” Julia Leigh
“La Source des femmes,” Radu Mihaileanu
“This Must Be the Place,” Paolo Sorrentino
“We Have a Pope,” Nanni Moretti
“We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Lynne Ramsay

UN CERTAIN REGARD LINEUP AND WINNERS

Winners Best Picture:
“Arirang,” (Kim Ki-duk) tied with “Halt auf freier Strecke” (Andreas Dresen)

Special Jury Prize:
“Elena”, Andrei Zvyagintsev

Best Director:
Mohammad Rasoulof, “Bé Omid é Didar” (Goodbye),

“Bonsai,” Cristian Jimenez
“The Day He Arrives,” Hong Sang-soo
“Et maintenant on va ou?,” Nadine Labaki
“Hors Satan,” Bruno Dumont
“The Hunter,” Bakur Bakuradze
“Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro,” Robert Guediguian
“L’exercisce de l’etat,” Pierre Schoeller
“Loverboy,” Catalin Mitulescu
“Martha Marcy May Marlene,” Sean Durkin
“Miss Bala,” Gerardo Naranjo
“Restless,” U.S., Gus Van Sant
“Oslo, August 31st,” Joachim Trier
“Skoonheid,” Oliver Hermanus
“Tatsumi,” Singapore, Eric Khoo
“Trabalhar cansa,” Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
“Toomelah,” Ivan Sen
“The Yellow Sea,” Na Hong-jin

OUT OF COMPETITION

“The Beaver,” Jodie Foster
“The Conquest,” Xavier Durringer
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” Rob Marshall

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

“Wu Xia,” Peter Chan Ho-sun
“Dias de gracia,” Everardo Gout

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

“Labrador,” Frederikke Aspock
“Le maitre des forges de l’enfer,” Rithy Panh
“Michel Petrucciani,” Michael Radford
“Tous au Larzac,” Christian Rouaud