@ksenior my S19 is looking for similar criteria. If you want true film production w/liberal arts curriculum, here are my thoughts:
CCA (California College of the Arts) - solid film prod, not sure about LA curriculum. More art school than LAC.
CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) - very good film prod, very selective and expensive.
San Francisco State - Don’t know much about SFSU FIlm
Chapman - very good film prod, top-notch facilities, notable faculty
LMU - same as Chapman, known for film internships and Hollywood ties
Oxy - top-ranked LAC, not a known film/media program but MAC has a production track, lookup sr comps festival
UC Santa Cruz - I’ve heard this is the only UC that actually give OOS aid, good film prod
These schools DO NOT have true film production, so you may want to save time and remove them from your list:
U of the Pacific
Pitzer
Redlands
University of San Francisco
Santa Clara
Additionally, you may want to look at:
CSUN (if you’re willing to pay OOS)
USC (maybe you intentionally excluded it?)