Shot entirely from a kid’s-eye perspective, this charming, tender film is like a nature documentary, with a Dutch elementary school as savannah and students as the wild things. The directors focus on three children — the domineering yet sensitive Haya; Jorj, an exuberant boy who struggles with his studies; and the soulful, surprisingly fierce Leanne. All three are refugees from the Syrian civil war, and the film celebrates as they learn their ABCs, discover a few things about the inscrutable machinery of society, and, at times, demonstrate wisdom of their own. The lanky Miss Kiet only occasionally bends into frame, but her voice, heard off-screen, reveals an everyday hero: patient, firm, creative, adoring. By the end of the school year, she has steered her flock through troubled territory toward confidence, knowledge, and, yes, love. (JS)