Best dressed at the AFI Awards 2019 – in pictures

Emily Blunt, Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Ryan Coogler – the stars were out in force at this year's celebratory Los Angeles luncheon

Actor Octavia Spencer poses in black Tadashi Shoj dress from the Autumn 2018 collection at the annual AFI Awards luncheon in Los Angeles, California. REUTERS

Actor Lakeith Stanfield ('Blackkklansman') goes bold on the red carpet in this eclectic outfit. REUTERS

15-year-old actress Elsie Fisher ('Eighth Grade') brightens up the red carpet in an eye-catching yellow ensemble. REUTERS

Actor Emily Blunt represents 'Mary Poppins Returns' and 'A Quiet Place' in a Altuzarra suit. 'A Quiet Place' was honoured as an AFI Movie of the Year. REUTERS

Bradley Cooper ('A Star Is Born') looks sharp in his wool suit as he receives nods in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture category as well as Best Director at the AFI Awards 2019. REUTERS

Emma Stone rocks her Louis Vuitton Spring 2019 look as she represented 'The Favourite'. REUTERS

Actor Viggo Mortensen, who represents dramedy 'Green Book', poses in a striking burgundy suit. REUTERS

Actress Kiki Layne ('If Beale Street Could Talk') wearing an Adeam dress and Nicholas Kirkwood shoes. REUTERS

Actress Yalitza Aparicio (left) turns heads in this lilac number, and we love the feather accents on Marina De Tavira's (right) strapless gown. REUTERS

Actor and producer John David Washington ('BlacKkKlansman') looks sharp in this inky blue suit. AP

Actor Indya Moore ('Pose') dazzles in a Lorod Resort 2019 shirt dress, paired with metallic sandals and a Louis Vuitton handbag. REUTERS

Actors Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle, Kevin Pollak, Michael Zegen and Caroline Aaron - the cast of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' - all look smart as they line up together on the red carpet. REUTERS

Director and writer Ryan Coogler of 'Black Panther' keeps it cool on the red carpet. REUTERS

Rachel Brosnahan ('The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel') arrives at the 2019 AFI Awards in a green satin pantsuit by Cushnie. AP

John Krasinski ('A Quiet Place') wears this suit and turtleneck pairing effortlessly. AP

Dressed in Dior, Keri Russell ('The Americans') looks super sophisticated. AP

Mahershala Ali ('Green Book') certainly gets the award for looking cool. His Christian Louboutin ‘Alpha Male’ dress shoes complete the ensemble. AP

Linda Cardellini ('Green Book') looks pretty in pink. She wears Giorgio Armani. AP

The atmosphere was relaxed on Friday (January 5, 2019) at the American Film Institute Awards, which brought out some of Hollywood's brightest stars of the moment, from Emily Blunt to Michael B. Jordan, for a celebratory luncheon in Los Angeles.

Look through out picture gallery above to see who dressed best.

There are no 'losers'

It's an entertainment industry anomaly when no one walks out of an awards show a "loser". But that's the deal at the annual AFI Awards, where the winners – 10 films and 10 television shows – have already been announced, no speeches are required and everyone turns up to have fun.

In a look around the star-studded room, you could see BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee bee-lining to give Black Panther director Ryan Coogler a big hug, Bradley Cooper greeting his A Star Is Born co-star Sam Elliott, Roma director Alfonso Cuaron chatting with Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk, and Blunt running between the tables for Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place, both of which were honourees. (She sat next to husband John Krasinski, who directed A Quiet Place.)

"The game is, there is no game," AFI President Bob Gazzale said. "You have won. And more importantly, you are one."

Films recognised were Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Eighth Grade, The Favourite, First Reformed, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place and A Star Is Born, (Roma, which was not considered an American film, was given a special honour). And television programmes recognised were The Americans, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Atlanta, Barry, Better Call Saul, The Kominsky Method, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Pose, Succession and This Is Us.

Gazzale called out some of the AFI graduates in attendance, like Black Panther cinematographer Rachel Morrison, A Star Is Born cinematographer Matthew Libatique, and First Reformed writer and director Paul Schrader, who was in the film school's first class in 1969. Schrader got a standing ovation from the room.

A laid-back affair

"I see Spike Lee is wearing his NYU hat," Gazzale said.

Not missing a beat, Lee, who was indeed wearing a purple New York University baseball cap, stood up from his seat and shouted, "I applied to AFI! I didn't get in!"

The afternoon, on the weekend of the Golden Globe Awards and numerous events and appearances, was as laid-back as a Hollywood event can be and conversations continued long after the programme ended.

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But perhaps special honouree Angela Lansbury summed it up best. The 93-year-old screen icon took the stage to a lengthy standing ovation to close out the programme.

"As you leave here today and are invited to endure seemingly endless parades of programmes that label you a winner or a loser, I've been there, I've done that," Lansbury said. "Remember this room, remember this group, when we are all together as one."