While Jeonju's film festival only had one queer film (seriously, just one!), the Woman's Film Festival in Seoul has a whole section, Queer Rainbow, devoted to queer cinema!
The festival starts on the 24th of May, and I'll be sure to post more information on this blog as it is available, including a schedule of queer films. For now, IWFFIS' Englih website is pretty empty, but as the festival draws nearer I'm sure that will change. We do have a list of films for the Queer Rainbow section, however, so I searched for some synopses. One of the films is Korean.
Korea's To Become 2
42 year old Male-to-Female Yu-jeong wakes up early in the morning to deliver newspapers. Working 13 hours a day, she only makes half the wage of others.
Sweden's With Every Heartbeat: 
The film tells the story of Mia, an up-and-coming architect about to marry Tim, her business partner. At the engagement party for her also newly-engaged Father, Lasse, she meets Frida, daughter of her Lasse's fiancee, Elisabeth. Mia and Frida exchange many glances, portending mutual attraction.
Mia and Frida both visit the remote island home Elisabeth and Lasse plan to share, and Frida, an 'out' lesbian, continues to be intrigued by Mia whose feelings are mutual but conflicted by her relationship with Tim. Mia and Frida's feelings for one another blossom becoming increasingly urgent, until finally, Mia is left to decide whether to suppress her feelings for Frida and go on with her wedding plans or break off her engagement to Tim and pursue a new life with Frida. (Wikipedia)
US'Breaking the Girls: 
Sara, who has just lost her job and college scholarship, becomes romantically entangled with Alex, an enigmatic and privileged young woman she meets one night by chance. Or was it? Both girls have someone in their lives they would like to be rid of, and Alex hatches the plan that they should “trade” homicides. She will kill the classmate who directly caused Sara’s financial woes, and Sara in turn will murder Alex’s overbearing and haughty stepmother. Sara, however, is horrified as what she perceived to be idle pillow talk becomes all too real when Alex fulfills her end of the bargain and expects the favor to be returned. (Horrornews)
US'Quiet: 
Quiet" is the story of a woman named Ali who is denied the right to make medical decisions for her partner, Sam, after a car accident renders Sam unconscious. Ali must lie and say she is Sam's sister so that she can be with her in the hospital. We see their relationship develop in the past, as Ali's situation unravels in the present. (Official Website)
Being born a woman, feeling like a man, and deciding to cross the boundary between the genders. That today is the path taken by those known as trans-boys. In San Francisco, Paris and Barcelona, a four-way portrait of Lynnee, Kaleb, Rocco and Miguel, four individuals who embody and explore this fluidity of gender and challenge the logic of masculine-feminine and seeks to understand how this new way of living as a man may impact on man/woman relationships in general. (IMDB)
Canada's Lesbiana- A Parallel Revolution
A parallel revolution was born out of the feminist movement of the 1970's, coming to an end around 1995. Filmmaker Myriam Fougère takes us on a journey to meet the lesbian writers, philosophers and activists who were key players in creating a revolutionary sisterhood. From Montréal to Texas, by way of New York, Myriam encounters lesbians who chose to live only among women. This marginal yet international movement is brought to life through archival footage and photographs, and evocative interviews with these courageous women, many of whom are now in their seventies and eighties. (official website)
US'The Maiden and the Princess
During a game of catch-the-boy-and-kiss-him, Emmy, a precocious ten-year-old, kisses another little girl, Alice. Her parents sit her down and make her call the kiss 'an accident' and Emmy is left feeling isolated and alone. She's sent a fairy tale, 'The Maiden and The Prince,' by the Grand High Council of Fairy Tale Rules and Standards, to set her down the 'right' path in life. The council assigns Hammond to narrate Emmy's story. Luckily for Emmy, Hammond often alters the morals of his stories to help children learn the lesson they truly need. Much to the chagrin of the council, Hammond uses his magical tongue and manipulates the events of Emmy's story, teaching her that she should never have to apologize for being different. (IMDB)
US'The Queen of My Dreams
As a young girl, Fawzia Mirza fell under the spell of Bollywood heroines and their promise of love and feminine perfection. As an adult, she looks back and re-imagines the epic romance in the classic film Aradhana, in a queer light. (IMDB)
Cambodia's Two Girls Against the Rain
Two women, Yun and Eang, met during the time of the Khmer Rouge and have lived together since — raising nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. This documentary shares their moving story of survival, strength, and love, as they overcome the resistance of family and their village community in Cambodia.
US'US. A Family Album
Since their invention, amateur cameras have been used to document family life. In the shaky footage of candle-blowing, lawn-watering, a new car, or a family vacation we rediscover our lives, reach new conclusions about the way we live, and glimpse what is most intangible: time. In "Us: A Family Album", we reexamine those familiar images to tell a story that proves that all family and all love is equal. (IMDB)