Winter of the Dead (Finnish: Kuolleiden talvi) is a Finnish 2005 short film written and directed by Markus Heiskanen. It tells story about a few survivors in Finland devastated by nuclear winter, where a zombie apocalypse has begun.

The film was the largest project of the indie film team Vesuri Productions to date, and the first in which the team had a storyboard artist and lighting equipment at their disposal. Planning for the film began as early as September 2004, with shooting starting in February 2005. The film premiered in May of the same year. Winter of the Dead has been awarded as the winner of Kamera magazine's film competition, and it received mostly good feedback by critics. The film was also considered for 3rd place in the youth category of the 2005 SM Film Festival.The film has been released on DVD.